Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.
It is better to learn late than never.
Only the bold get to the top.
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
A rolling stone can gather no moss.
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
There is but a step between a proud man’s glory and his disgrace.
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
Debt is the slavery of the free.
Each day should be passed as though it were our last.
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.